Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202652095 - Lacerations On Left Hip & Ankle By Concrete Cutting Blade

Accident Summary Nr: 202652095 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 11/17/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313515041	12/13/2011	1795	238910	Interstate Concrete Cutting Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on November 17, 2011, Employee #1 of Interstate Concrete Cutting Inc., sustained serious laceration injuries when a "Pentruder" wall saw blade fell off its track (mounted vertically on the block wall). Employee # 1 was operating a Hi-cycle electric wall saw to cut an opening in the block wall at the doorway. He was operating the wall saw using a remote control approximately 15 feet away from the wall saw. The wall saw machine was mounted on the wall on a track to make a 4 foot vertical cut. As the 24-inch saw blade was cutting and moving downward on the wall, the saw blade assembly unit moved beyond the lower end of the vertical track and fell off to the floor. Employee #1 quickly turned the power off by pressing the red E-stop button on the remote control. The saw blade was still moving on the floor and hit Employee #1 while coasting to stop causing serious laceration injuries to him.

Keywords: saw, laceration, blade, hip, ankle

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	313515041			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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